It's crazy when you think about all the different kinds of foods we eat.

We just swallow and hope it all works out for the best.

Well, it turns out there are better ways to think about keeping our bodies humming healthfully

along.

Welcome to Nutrition Facts.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we take our recently decluttered living spaces and try to clean them without passing

out from the harsh chemicals.

And yes, we're talking about cleaning products.

So what do we use?

Here's our first story.

Household cleaning products can be hazardous, landing hundreds of thousands of children in

US emergency rooms.

And the product most commonly associated with injury was bleach, which can be toxic even

if used as directed.

We've known that those with asthma who work with cleaning products day in and day out

can suffer adverse respiratory effects, obwurcing of symptoms, declining lung function, inflamed

airways, but even cleaning workers without asthma can be effective.

Even below, so-called acceptable exposure levels, cleaners with or without reactive airways

can suffer a substantial decrease in lung function.

Okay, but that's people who clean for a living.

Although we've known that occupational use of bleach may have adverse respiratory health

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